Jason Szenes/Getty ImagesIke Davis made a change in his batting stance that has rejuvenated his season.

NEW YORK — The difference in Ike Davis is stark. It is not just in the resurgence he has experienced this month, his numbers popping in comparison to their dour state several weeks ago. It is in the form he takes at the plate, where his change is no less visible.

For nearly the first four months of the season, Davis stood at the plate, almost straight as a rod in the left batting box before unleashing a high leg kick and attacking the oncoming baseball. It was boom or bust for Davis — more frequently than not, a bust.

There was a point in June when Davis’ season was in tatters. His average was seemingly fixed below the Mendoza Line. Strikeouts kept coming by the dozens, one roughly every three at-bats, and home runs could be counted on one hand. The nadir came on the night of June 8, when his average dipped to .158.

But on July 24, Davis switched form. He took to a crouch and eschewed his normal front-leg kick. The results were not immediate: he struck out in his first at-bat. Yet, soon they came to be pronounced. Davis’ average ticked up, his power numbers have escalated.

He credits the change to his stance for his turnaround.

“This year has been so weird because I’ve never hit like this, really, but I actually kind of like where I’m at because I can see off-speed a lot better,” Davis said. “I don’t chase as much, I’m seeing the ball better from more of a squatter position. Before I was really tall and really only hit fastballs for home runs or inside sliders. Now I have chances where if he hangs a curveball to hit it out or drive it.

“Next year, who knows where I’ll be. But right now this is what I feel comfortable doing. It helps me grind at-bats and see a lot of pitches. Like I get to 3-2 almost every at-bat now. I feel like I’ve made decent adjustments. I wish I could stand up like Robinson Cano and hit like that, but I had trouble seeing the ball that way so I had to make adjustments or I would not be here anymore.”

Case in point: an at-bat July 27 against the Diamondbacks. Standing in against Josh Collmenter, the SNY broadcasting crew makes note of the difficulty of seeing the pitch from the right-hander. Davis, his body slinked, pounces on an 87-mph fastball, mashing it for a home run.

“I guess Ike saw it okay,” Gary Cohen said as he rounded the bases.

The effect was uneven at first, though. Four days after the alteration, Davis hit three home runs in a game. During the next three games, he struck out a total of nine times

This month, however, has seen him hit his stride. He is hitting .296 in August, with an OPS at .919. His 24 home runs are second most by any first baseman in baseball. His strikeouts have fallen to the lowest monthly rate of his career. He is earning walks at twice the rate he was in May. While he has averaged approximately four pitches per at-bat this year, this month he has seen a season-best 1.7 balls each time up.

Even Davis had maligned his average, now sitting at .223, at times, but the turnabout has shown him that struggles are not forever enduring.

“For having such a bad start and possibly the worst I’ve ever been on a baseball field my entire career, now I’ve really leveled out,” Davis said. “And the numbers aren’t amazing but they’re not awful, like totally awful, so as long I play well enough to get a job next year and keep playing baseball, that’s all I’m excited about is having a job next year. You know, I’m still young and I missed a full season last year and I’m still learning how to play. Hopefully I can take some things from this year and move it to the rest of my career.”